Talking-machine.



L. Y. SQUIBB. mxms MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, 1915- PatentedDec. 2, 1919.

28 INVINTOR w .or attaching the sound chine to the. sound-conveyingIIIGZLHS thereof :UNITEIT? se ialize manner ornion.

LLOYD Y. SQUIBB, or cannon, new esszenoze no vzcroa. TALKING MACHINECOMPANY, 1 GKYIZPQEA T$LKING-MACHHIE Mm... r.

To all whom it may concern:

e it known that I, LLOYD Y. a citizen of the United States, and arestdent of Camden, county of Camden, and State of New Jersey, haveim'ented certain new and useful Improvements in Talkiiigr- Machines, ofwhich the following is a specilication, reference being had to theaccompanying drai vin'".

Among the principal objects of my invention are to provide new andimproved.ineans box of a talking ina- SQUIBB,

whereby the parts may be readily assembled in operative relation, and aseasily separated when desired, and which shall serve to firmly securethesound box upon the sound conveyor when in operation. Further objectsof my invention are to provide new and improved means for attaching asound ho); to the sound conveyor of a talking machine which will serveto prevent or nullify any lost motion or play l'mtween the assembledparts, which shall be neat and inconspicuous in appearance, which may bereadily operated, and'wliich shall he devoid of numerous or intricateparts. A still further object of my invention is to provide means ofthis na ture which are adapted for use in connection with talkingmachines of the types at present in use without the necessity ofmaterial change therein, and which may he so arranged as to n'i'aintainthe sound box in proper relation ,with the sound conveyor whenpositioned thereon in such manner that the stylus or needle will alwaysassume the proper angular relation with the record surface over which ittravels.

My invention further includes all of the other variou novel features ofconstruction and arrangement hereinattlrr more definitely specified anddescribed.

In the accompanying drawing;- in which a preferred embodiment of myinvention is illustrated, Figure 1 is a top plan view, partially insection, of a portion of a talkingmachine showing a sound box and aportion of a sound conveyor constructed in '-*'dance with sucheinhodin'ient of my lllYl in m in operative position above a recordsurt'ace; ig. a side elevation thereof; Fig. an elevation of the end ofa portion oi the sound conveyor with the sound box removed: Fig. 4- asimilar view with certain oi the parts in a slightlydifierent position;Fig. 5 a trausr Specification of Letters Patent.

- of tall Serial No. 59,486.

ver c section on the line 5-5 in Fig. 1, looking' in the direction ofthe arrows, and Fig. 6 a perspective view of a detail of the device.

For the purposes of illustration I have shown my invention inconnection. with portions ofa talking machine of well-known form,although the invention is well adapted for use \vitlrsnbstantially anystyle or type ting inachine in connection with which it. may he desiredto employ the same. shown in the drawing, sound-conveying means,comprising a tone arm 1 having a transverse sleeve 52 adjacent its end,are provided, the sleeve affording a bearing for one end oi. a U-shapedtubular portion or gooseneck 3 having a peripheral flange 5 ahutagainstone end of thevtransverse portion 2, a cap Gthreaded into the endol thegoose-neck within the transverse sleeve 2 and having a flange 7alndzlnng against the other end of the sleeve serving to position thegoose-neck therein, the parts being arranged in such manner that thegoose-neck may be freely rotated about the longitudinal axisot' sleeve 2for the purpose of rais ing: the sound box 8 out of operative relationwith the record disk 0 in the well-known manner, movement-oi thegooseneck longitudinally of the axis oi the sleeve being prevented bythe contact of the flange 5 and corresponding flange 7 ends thereof. Thesound box 8 may he of any desired or preli'crred construction, the formshown in the drawing con'iprising a suitably mounted stylus levcr 11provided with a. sleeve 13 for the reception of the stylus or needle 14,.which may be n1aintained in operative relation in the sleeve by meansof a set screw 15 in the well-known manner. A hachin 18 of flexible orother suitablc material is provided and secured to the body of the soundbox by means of screws 20 or in any other suitable manner, the hackingpreferably comprising: a central cylindrical opening or bore having ametallie liningor sleeve 22 suitably secured therein, the sleeve beingprovided with a short radially inwardly projecting" pin 24 tor a purposeto he hereinafter described.

ie lrec or outer end of the goose-neck may preferably be slightlyreduced in ,diameter so as to form a nice Working fit within the sleeve22, a peripheral snoulder 27 bein thus produced on the exterior of thePatented Deo; 1919.

on cap 6 with the Ii165 that form of talking machine which I have':ifl'dlnSh which the curl oi sleeve is prrivruhly :ulupl'mi to nhuliwhen 2"5 us ln rviliui'iur (iif-fil'illlil, in. the (Pier (and oi ihrgooswnerzk u .slot 30 extending in.- wurilly H1h tunl1iullr parallel tothe ion; iuiliuul axis thereof PI'OViiML the which oi ihv um, living wryMight-1y greater thzm llll? (huluni'ui' of pin 52-1, 10 that the pin mayho rezuiily llHHfQil hurl: and forth therein, and ii clvsired. anotlwrslotor cut 82 may he fornuul in 1hr wall of the goose-neck Suhsh"i'i3i:.ll ut right run-{lies to slot 30 and prnfcr:il: ly uhoui' midwayof the length. fhrrvo'h this rut (extending prri hemlly around the{zoom-neck for u short instance so us to huri'v u portion 33 of (he wailof rho goons-numb: free upon three 51 nan, this.

sound hon is positioned upon ahoose-neck,

hurt oi ihv \i'uil living; prr'hiruhiy sprung or heme-Alli rhirssloiu islocuimi u nuiinhlo spring 4i} hm uhou'u in Fig. i llillllili urns; ofwhu-h may prolforulii curred in euhsmu'liiui roui'oriuit): with ihc u Sof that portion of rho gul'nso-iuzrli to which (hi spring; ir-rnihichrii, tin-i iuuur (uni oi? the spring bring fixedly 21mlpcrinunontiy uncured in i'ho ji)(ifi(,-llil prulln'uhly h suiinhlv riruil) vxloiniiufvr' through he will thereof, or ii" ilruiri-(l, the spring?may he cured in pouiriou in any other :uiiiiuhln uninnor. The innvih ofl'hov spring 13 hlKl! that its oute or (uni will prnloruhly mrminui'e ushori' (iisiuuvo from tho LICU'PHH oui'wr Phil of liwgomo-uorl;l'wuuui'h i'hr. slot 30, mnl whiir ihv Sil'lihfj nuiy he or anysuil'zrhlv or desired Hilililt l pro F01" to form nsumo with u Huil'uhiroll'srt 4-! in Filliil umnnr-r ihui poriiizuu; of l'hi- 11ml of 11hrwiring; will hr in uepuruiv uuhfii'uuf'iuily hurulh-l plum Hint when ihrwiring is; sw-urmi in posiiiou us lwrvloioru (iwi'riluui,l'hriuuor-poriion if iho'rooi' will liv clouoly :uljuwur 1hr u'uli oi1hr goouv-uork :uni pic'lnruhly in rout-mi ihrrgu'illn whihtho ouh 1'portion in will hn oui o'i ou'lurt \ri'lh ihn wall of iiH nonwurch' andremoved i'lwrrl roui for u riisiuuw suhsiizmiziull vquul in iihv ih'pihoi h s oiiwi, i i, in such muuunr ihul' whvn iill. Hillliili hm ispositioned on iho uosounwk, :u-i hvro niftur, ilor-orihml- (hr (mi oithe pin :Z-iwill normally hr oui oi rout-uni, u'ith rim ,lringnz' 4&0The ru n 1h oi? ihu oiisri hriun' just :uglii- Giant in poi-mu lhvniorruirui oi Hnpin .24 in slot 53 u iihoul' i'ihre orul or" ho pinroiuingzf in rontulrl; with the uurhur oi the iring". in some rmururtiunn. hmrvwr ii uni) hr (h siru hiv iiusi'ozul oi forming: ihvspring! with u o' riuct oilsct so That ihv (unis, of the u ring will hein srpurui'r hut :uii'miuultiullr purirllul planes to innit tin:oii'urat and henii.

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lhn spring diagonally downwardly from its point of utimlunrnt to the,goosr-neck, SO um: rhe ouirr portion 4-6 thereof will he norrnuil out ofContact with the interior of the gousirneclr in a manner similar to thatheretofore described in connection with the preferred form of spring.Furi'ihorn'loregif desired, thei gxtremc. outer extremity of the springmay he curved sliglrtly downwardly us at 4-8, and as best shown n Fig.6.

Securely aflixarl to the spring, preferabiy about midway of its lengthand extending outwardly 'ioin its nurfnce, a suitahle stud 5U threadedupon its-.1 upper extremity and adapted, when the spring is securedin'posilion in the gooso-nucl: us hereinbeiore deurrihmh in eitemlthrough 1 suitable (LPG/P turn 5'32 iormelgl in rhu will of thegooseurcl-r, {1hr l-nugizh oi, the setuifi being such that ii willuni-anally projnct for a relatively connilifil'ilbifi (llSiz'LllL'Q hucmul the extrior of the {.(UiiHU-llltjl-i in uii'oril s uice for thereco uzion "i z: suitably iuijorioriv thrwulorl thlnnh nut prvivrzihiyprovided with :1 milled heufi i rein will] lhnoxrrrioroliho goose-noel;when illi! uni, wrrr-wml lawn upon the stud, us had, shown in Fig. Ii.-Will he oviilnuii that \rhvn rho null is huohml oil" or unscrewed uponthe iu l H0 that he ihing o 5(3 en-- lilt'ifilj, out of roninct \ri'lhtho groos'n-ncck, rho puris will normally uuuunu: substantially l-hrruiniiou shown in Fig. 3; Hull is, with. i'luouter portion H oi Thespring niiro ly our" oi rouiurl' Wiill the, inlul'ior oi. the 200910-nvrl-r. 21ml ihzu' hy hll'CWlllg tlw nut (i()\\'ll- \rurrlly upon [hruhul lou'urd the spring, tho liuugg'v 56 um ho brought into ronlurl'wifh tho vxiorior uurl'urv of the gooso-ntulf, Ellltl ihui ilwrvuiivr u('nutinuwl roiui'iou of the uni in line sumo (lirrrtiou will urn-vetoh'u\ v ilu r-Cl'url unuurdly lhrough ulmturo. and. in turn. in \ll'ilWrho portion 46 of the Spring lounlrl ihu \ruil of the goose-luck, ihuparts iii-inn prvlm-ulil rranged and 'n'oporiioncd in Mu'h :a way thatthe iter portion 46 of ihr -ipriun' may in this manner he brought iuloronluri or -;uh itunl'iu| rontuci ifh the Q-nnsv-nmh, as shown in Fig.i. Adjacent 1hr nun-r ("114i ml i'ho spring :1 suiluhle aperluro no isprovided uiui positioned directly hvumuh slot: in), the dimmxiw ofthenpel'tul'e lfllllfj uligrhlir grlnu'er i'huu the (liznnoter of in 2-1so that upin may readily pass iiu-ruihrough tho aperture beingpreferably -o lm-uitc-il hmgu'ui'iinully 01": the spring that it willrngisrvr with tho pin 24- when the end of ivoru 32 mum-u with theshoulder 2'? upon ihv goour-unolu as host shown in Fig. 1. The rurionsparts of tho (llVlU having wen roimiuriu-tml proioi'ahly ushel'einheforu i ;oouo-nnrl hr the rivet 4-";2, or in unv other sniinhlnmanner, in such position that the wrrihrri. and the spring 4-0 utl'urhedto the,

- its outer extremity, the sound box sound box until pin ing with spring40 until the end 22 contacts with shoulder 27, in which posi- I aperture60 in the spring. ,be now totated toward the xouter aperture 60 will liebeneath slot 30 and stud 50 extendthrough aperture 52 in the goose-neckto receive thumb nut 55- upon may be assembled uponfthe goose-neck byslipping the end of sleeve'22 over the outer extremity of the former 24,is brought opposite the mouth of slot 30, the extreme outer edgesof'which may be slightly curved or beveled, as best shown in Fig. l, tofacilitate the bringing of the pin into engagement with the slot. If nut55 hasbeen backed off sufficiently, as shown in Fig. 3, the sound ox maynow be slid longitudinally of the slot without the end of pin 24contactf sleeve tion pin 24'will be in alinement with the If thumb nut55 goose-neck, the portion 46 of the spring may be drawn up intocontact, or substantialcontact with goose-neck, the end of pin thewallbf "the I I 24 which projects into, the interior thereof,

., engaging within aperture .60 in the spring i off the thumb nut 55 forin such manner that the parts will assume the relation shown in Fig. 5,thus securely locking the pin in the aperture in the spring, and in turnthe sound box upon the gooseneck. It will be evident that the sound boxmay be readily removed from its'assembled relation with the soundconvever by backing a suilicient distance to allow the spring toautomatically clear the endof the pin 24, after which the sound box maybe readily slid longitudinally along the goose-neck and removed there--from.

It will further be evident that any looseness or play between sleeve 22and the gooseaieck due to an imperfect fit between.

these parts, will be minimized by the action of portion 33 of thegoose-neck wall which. is necessarily compressed slightly inwardly fromits normal position when the sound box is in position, and which by itsconstant tendency thereafter to assume its normal position will assistin holding the sleeve tightly against the goose-neck, and that, fur-'thermore, the contact of the end of sleeve 22 with shoulder 27 will alsoassist in preventing any possible movement due to loose- 1 ness betweenthe sleeve and the oose-neck;

contact with the inte 0f the and spring ing thumb nut before positioningMoreover, if desired, instead of rst loosen the nd box on the soundconveyor, it is possible in certain constructions. to assemble the soundbox thereon when the outer portion 46 of spring 40 is in contact orsubstantial rior of the goose-neck,

as shown in Fig. 4,113 in such case, if the spring be suflicientlyflexible, the contact of pin 24 with surface of thethe sound box isslid, along the .snap up over the pin,

and then rotating the goose-neck will depress the spring sufiiciently eof thepin overl sound box in position, from which position it may bereadily removed after loosening the thumb nut to allow the spring todisengage itself from the pin, as hereinbefore described.

In the preferred embodiment of my inventioii, I preferably position theslot 30 substantially at the top of the goose-neck when the same is inplaying position, as best shown iii "Fig. 2, pin 2% being so located inthe sleevethat when the pin is in engagement with the slot, the angle ofthe axis of the stylus bar13, and thus of the stylus 14, with respect tothe record 9 will be such as to obtain the best results, but it will beevident, that the slot may be located at any desired point about theperiphery of the end of the goose-neck, the pin 24 being correspondinglysuitably I sleeve in order to preserve the desired angle between theaxis of the stylus bar and the face of the record, and that once therelative location of the slot and pin have been properly determined itis impossible to assemble the sound box upon the sound couveyer in suchmanner that an improper angle of in clination betweez the stylus and therecord can result.

While Ihave herein described and-illustrated a preferred embodiment ofmy invention in considerable detail, I do not desire to limit myselfspecifically thereto, as it will be'evident that various changes andmodifications may be made in the details and arrangement of the variousparts of the device without depz'irting from the and scope of theinvention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to protect byLetters Patent of the United States:

1. In a talking machine, the combination with a sound conveying means,of a sound. box. flexible means carried by said sound conveyer normallytending to move away from said sound box and means operative to flexsaid first-mentioned means toward said sound box to lock said soundbox'on' said sound conveying means and secure the same in lockedposition.

2. In a talking machine, the combination of a sound conveyer and a soundbox each having inter-engaging portions, one of said portions beingprovided with a spring having an aperture therein and the other of saidportions being provided with a pin spirit spring tending to normally pintherefrom,

means for locking said pin in said aperture.

disengage said I and manually operated 'sim-mimi the (1111 (if mi:

m :1 muiiii i)( 1.: inisliiihi,

t I; izgruin Lhrmiigh said Mm, -.1 spring siiiiiin sziid souiid @011-\'0 and. having an upiirtui. and n V iifliiluiiil fl' u s-aiiiiii iniixi: with midi spring; :imi pmjwzting wail if H10 will said soundmmvuyw um? Said pin in mid :lpflfiilllfi.

4. in :1 tziiiiii'igj machine th s mimiiiinm tinn with :1 soundcmaviaym' having 2i sink and u tmimi box having :3. gain mihgiiiml tn 5wind (may saiid sioil. n1" iuczu'is m inch suiiii bur: upon said hound(ZUNVQYGX comp) 1:311 flexibiv 12mins having an upei'ltui'u and is curedin said sound COMVQyQZ Miami said sioig only pm'l'imi of E-Ei1i(iiiisizins being 11 iamii in contact wifiii said sound (unvvyeig a, H! isilmi pi'njvciiing tillflh i Liza wail: 0i said. sminri coiamjyei' :imi59cm ,ii iii i-miii hi0 moans and :1 HHUHU nut mi Hui outmvmi of Siiiistud, Hm m'tziiimi 01 said Huimb m1? being npeniti'vi; in h'ziw saidflutl i menus :(ivmn'i said sin? to engage said 1 perture WT J. said.pin.

In it talk '9; Hiflii'iiilflh the coinisiiiziiim'i iii a 550mm}mi'iieyui' having}; :2 03, 15, siiviimi no.1 living :1 pin (iii-awed mmid mint and p mjm't within said sound mm: 21", aim: moans; Operative inlock mid. said H'Ollilii cnnmym" (inmprieeingz; menus i acul'ed withinMaid sound 1:011 V r, 2113i :1 i'hruziduii stmi :i'mi, :1 mi: n'pm'utivoiii'i draw sniii ientibiii: i'i'mzm re into mi g'ngj emem, with the mailof said rimuiiii PHITCvRlj/Efii" engage Silk i pin.

in :1 t l king i'l'iiiCi'lillQ, U155 (rm Q'f sound conveyingI'HkfllIIf-Q a iiirxi i hm" (jzlllimi by said sound (zr'mwyin gg mumsprovided with "l curved end and having anELPPIUHG'ihei'lill2ldj2l3flifiilii aim iii soi'ii'id imx zu iuptmi in beinserted over wi l sound cunvuying: 2242mm said sm'imi min 10-- videdwith :2, prwjec'zioi'r, said pi'qivciion in i}; adapted to engage the c"ii-mil mid m" iid ficxibie means to flux said 11 s nus mid, li-Et: saidprojection to enter said. uperluro' 2mm 500mm iii mini.

mi in be poiamonwii 11 win, mid 9 0 n shit (if a samurai box having a.HUCVB ope 0 p11) Vida vi zaiz'ive i0 siwmiliiifi timmil of said soundcon-f vuyoi and 1), in upmutive to project; (aim-rain fl'ii'ongzh midsink, a s- )ZRHQ; within said, semimi mi", upoi'utii'n t0 flex saidspring" toward 5'; wail (if said sound. (my 'mym' to ionic mix! pin insaid upm'tili'i'z and flesi'iiiie i-iisiiien't 1110:1115 ii'i'Legzaiwith said sound ()OHJQWFI' in) mg-11w mid sicm'u and ii Ehfilliiii a.eii irin g cz'urifimi by said so'imd m'iiwu'i'u means and provided wiii an aperi. APQZLIHU iihm'um and means in k m in said aperture with Himsleeve in Hm :mi'i'mi hr ,g the si'imiiile" 0i" meaning.

i inmss whei'vof 1 have i'im'cunto mi Hiis tiiir-r i day (if Nkwen'ibm;A. D.

sand Ami 3mm v i 1 a ifJLO YD Y. SQUI'B B.

